A TUNBRIDGE Wells firm of solicitors has had four of its partners named as leaders in their field in the latest edition of the Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession.

Thomson Snell and Passmore are delighted with the recommendation in what is one of the acknowledged "bibles" of British legal business.

The four named partners are Andrew Watson, head of clinical negligence; Gilbert Green, head of property development; Barbara Wright, head of family matriomonial; and Simon Brown, partner in private client.

The firm has also announced the appointment of four new associates. Nicholas Gabay of company commercial; Rebecca Swain of domestic conveyancing; Simon Immins of family; and Graham Bell of the clinical negligence department have all be promoted to associate, while Johnathan Clement, who works in the personal injury practice, has been promoted to senior legal executive.